Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
Evolution : making sense of life / Carl Zimmer, Douglas J. Emlen. - 2nd ed. - xxxvi, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution -- 2. From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas -- 3. What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life -- 4. The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past -- 5. Raw Material: Heritable Variation among Individuals -- 6. The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection -- 7. Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes -- 8. Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild -- 9. The History in Our Genes -- 10. Adaptation: From Genes to Traits -- 11. Sex: Causes and Consequences -- 12. After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care -- 13. The Origin of Species -- 14. Macroevolution: The Long Run -- 15. Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other -- 16. Brains and Behavior -- 17. Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape -- 18. Evolutionary Medicine.
9781936221554 1936221551
Evolution (Biology)
QH366.2 / .Z526 2016
Evolution : making sense of life / Carl Zimmer, Douglas J. Emlen. - 2nd ed. - xxxvi, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution -- 2. From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas -- 3. What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life -- 4. The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past -- 5. Raw Material: Heritable Variation among Individuals -- 6. The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection -- 7. Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes -- 8. Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild -- 9. The History in Our Genes -- 10. Adaptation: From Genes to Traits -- 11. Sex: Causes and Consequences -- 12. After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care -- 13. The Origin of Species -- 14. Macroevolution: The Long Run -- 15. Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other -- 16. Brains and Behavior -- 17. Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape -- 18. Evolutionary Medicine.
9781936221554 1936221551
Evolution (Biology)
QH366.2 / .Z526 2016